Minnesota Twins vs California Angels
April 20, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1986 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, California Angels 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 4 1 1 1
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 2 1 1 0
Brunansky rf 4 1 1 1
Smalley dh 3 1 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
Salas c 3 1 1 3
Gagne ss 3 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 5 5
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Jones rf 3 1 0 0
Joyner 1b 5 3 3 1
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 2
Downing lf 4 2 3 4
Jackson dh 4 0 2 0
Wilfong 2b 3 0 0 0
Schofield ss 4 0 0 0
Miller c 3 0 0 0
  Narron ph,c 1 0 0 0
Pettis cf 3 0 0 0
  Burleson ph 1 1 1 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 7
Minnesota 001 300 001550
California 100 000 0348100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   7.1 6 3 3 2 6
  Davis  L (1-1) 1.0 4 5 5 2 3
Totals
8.1
10
8
8
4
9
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   8.0 4 4 4 3 1
  Forster  W (1-0) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
5
5
3
1

  E–None.  DP–California 1.  2B–California Joyner (2,off Blyleven); Downing (3,off Blyleven); Jackson (2,off Davis).  HR–Minnesota Puckett (3,3rd inning off Sutton 0 on, 2 out); Salas (2,4th inning off Sutton 2 on, 2 out); Brunansky (4,9th inning off Forster 0 on, 1 out), California DeCinces (2,8th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 1 out); Downing (4,9th inning off Davis 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Downing (3,by Davis).  IBB–Wilfong (1,by Davis).  CS–Gaetti (1,2nd base by Sutton/Miller).  WP–Davis (1).  HBP–Davis (1,Downing).  IBB–Davis (1,Wilfong).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:39.  A–58,066.
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